Batman: The Red Death #1 [Jason Fabok Cover]

(November 2017)

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Batman / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script

Joshua Williamson (credited)

Pencils

Carmine Di Giandomenico (credited)

Inks

Carmine Di Giandomenico (credited)

Colors

Ivan Plascencia (credited)

Letters

Tom Napolitano (credited)

Genre

superhero

Characters

Batman the Red Death [Bruce Wayne] (of Earth -52); The Flash [Barry Allen] (of Earth -52); Scarecrow (of Earth -52, death); The Riddler (of Earth -52, death); Penguin (of Earth -52, death); Man-Bat (of Earth -52, death); The Batman Who Laughs (agent of Barbatos); Iris Allen; Kid Flash [Wally West] (second Wally West); The Flash [Barry Allen]; Doctor Fate (voice only)

Synopsis

The Batman of Earth -52 finds himself not being fast enough to stop all crime, so he steals the speed of the Earth -52 Flash. With his new speed, he adopts a new costume and becomes Batman the Red Death. After putting a permanent end to Gotham's villains, he finds that his world is facing doom. An agent of Barbatos convinces him to travel to Earth 0 to help Barbatos take over that world, which leads to a confrontation with The Flash.

Reprints

• in Dark Nights: Metal - Dark Knights Rising (DC, 2018 series) ([August] 2018)
• in Dark Nights: Metal: Dark Knights Rising (DC, 2019 series) ([May] 2019), ([May] 2019)

Keywords

Dark Multiverse; Earth -52; Earth 0

Indexer Notes

Credits include special thanks to Scott Snyder and James Tynion IV.

Batman the Red Death arrives on Earth-0 three days after Challengers Mountain appears in Gotham, which occurred in Dark Nights: Metal #1.

Facing defeat, Barry is transported away by Doctor Fate. In Dark Nights: Metal #3 (DC, 2017 series), we see that he has been transported to the Oblivion Bar with his fellow Justice League members.